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Greggs is planning to expand its chain of more than 1,400 bakery outlets with up to 60 new sites this year, and is particularly interested in the South West, Scotland and Wales. 14-Jan-2010 Greggs is to invest up to £300m in an expansion programme over the next five years, including 600 new bakery outlets and a new production facility to supply branches in the south. 21-Oct-2009 Greggs is looking to expand its chain of bakery shops from 1,400 to more than 2,000, and is particularly interested in the South West, East Anglia and northern Scotland. 06-Jul-2009 Greggs is planning to expand its chain of 1,400 bakeries with about ten new outlets this year, and the expansion rate will accelerate in 2010. 14-May-2009 Greggs is to convert its chain of 160 Bakers Oven shops to its main Greggs brand. 10-Dec-2008 Greggs is planning to open a further ten bakery outlets in the North West over the next year, to add to the existing 140. 08-Dec-2008 Greggs is planning to expand its chain of 1,353 bakery outlets by opening 30 new sites a year. 10-Oct-2007 Greggs is planning to build a new £16m 75,000 sq ft bakery in Openshaw, in order to relocate from its existing site in east Manchester, and construction work will start in autumn. 12-Apr-2007 Greggs is closing 14 bakery shops and cutting 200 jobs, following a fall in profits at its Bakers Oven shops in northern England and Scotland. 07-Aug-2006 Greggs is planning to expand its chain of 1,319 bakery outlets with about 50 new sites this year. 16-Jan-2006 Greggs is planning to create 650 jobs at its bakery operations throughout the country over the next year. 15-Mar-2005 Greggs is to build a new £13m 57,000 sq ft savoury production plant at Longbenton on Tyneside by 2006, with the creation of 50 jobs. 31-Jan-2005 Greggs is to close the Carricks Bakery in Newcastle next year, but at least 55 of the 105 staff are expected to be retained in other parts of the business. 15-Sep-2004 Greggs is to increase capital expenditure from £32m to £50m in 2005, in order to invest in new bakery stores and production facilities. 09-Aug-2004 Greggs of Yorkshire has announced plans for a £4.5m expansion at its bakery in Leeds by August, with the creation of up to 30 jobs. 02-Feb-2004 Greggs is to create more than 100 jobs in Yorkshire this year, including seven new stores and the expansion of its main bakery in Leeds. 06-May-2003 Greggs has started work on the £2m expansion of its Birmingham headquarters, in order to support the expansion of its chain of bakery shops across the Midlands from 130 to 190 by 2008. 16-Apr-2003 Greggs is to create 200 jobs in the south west and South Wales with eight new bakery shops and the expansion of its site in Treforest, which currently employs 400 people. 26-Feb-2003 Greggs is planning to expand its chain of 1,200 bakery stores with 500 new outlets over the next five years. 10-Feb-2003 Greggs is opening 50 bakery shops in the UK this year, taking the total to 1,194, and is about to take its first steps into continental Europe with two shops in Belgium. 05-Aug-2002 Greggs is planning to expand its retail bakery business into continental Europe, and is seeking suitable sites in Germany, France and Spain. 11-Mar-2002 Greggs is planning to open about 50 bakery and take-away shops a year, taking the total to 1,700 by 2008. 09-Jan-2002 Greggs is planning to expand its chain of 1,100 bakery and sandwich shops to 1,700 over the next ten years. 12-Mar-2001 Greggs is planning to open 60 new takeaway food shops by next year, as part of a strategy to expand its chain from 1,100 outlets to 1,400 by 2006. 07-Aug-2000 Greggs is to double its bakery shops in the South West to 30 over the next three years, in a £1.2m expansion programme that will create about 100 jobs. 20-Apr-2000 Greggs is to open 61 new bakery stores this year and close 36, and the total is expected to rise from 1,084 to 1,400 by 2006. 06-Mar-2000 Greggs has won a concession to operate a bakery outlet at the Millennium Dome, in order to raise the profile of its Baker's Oven brand. 06-Mar-1999 Greggs is to rebrand its 100 Braggs bakers shops as Greggs of the Midlands and its Leeds-based Thurston chain as Greggs of Yorkshire. 05-Mar-1999 Greggs, the retail baker, is acquiring Birketts Holdings of Cumbria, which has 57 shops, for £3.2m. 31-Dec-1996
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